LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2790, 7 June 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two cases of infantile paralysis Tverg" reported m the Wellington Healtli District yesterday. One came from Kata (near HuiiterYille) and the otter from G?sborne. On inquiry at the Davis Street Private Hospital last evening, Mr. P. Griffin, ono ot the occupants of tlie motor-car which met with an accident near Otaki on Monday, was reported to he "not too well.-" Mr. Piliner and Mr. I". Hickey, the other two occupants of the car, are progressing quite satisfactorily. i ° At the Napier Court yesterday (says out special correpiondont), the Alagistrate, Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, said a merchant, not a Napier man, had told him thut. out of the stock ho had in hand and in bond a't the outbreak of war he was making iSoOOO a month. A police raid among the Austriana employed at the Dominion Company's works at Portland resulted in the seizure of quite a littlo armoury of lethal weapons, says the, Auckland "Star." Some dozen revolvers wero confiscated, several rifles, and two sugar-bags full of cartridges. It is a foregone conclusion that neither the British nor French Army authorities are sending recovered enteric cases back ■to the trenches. There were no ox-en-terics among the Atlicnic's draft yesterday, and those on board aro of opinion that all New Zealand cases will be returned to theso shores 01; else given some employment in England, where tliey can be under continual observation. The risk of a man being a "carrier" is too great to run as things aro at present. Since August, 1911, there have been 3CS marriages in Napier. At a sitting of the Juvenile Court yesterday morning, a boy was lined ss. for riding a bicycle after dark without a light. , The New* Zealand Catholic Federation, which was the convener of the conference in December last on the subject of cinema film censorship, has received a communication from the Hon. Minister of Internal Affairs to the effect that, owing to the present being a war session, it may not be possible to introduce the promised legislation tinder which picture films, 'prior to their exhibitioh in the Dominion, shall Iw subject to •Govern-' uient inspection. A further conference has. been called, and will take place, on Thursday evening next, to consider further action in tile matter. . At a meeting .at i'etoue, hold under the auspices of the Petone branch of the Social Democratic Party on Sunday evening, a resolution opposing the Military Service BUI was passed. ' A demonstration of the making of ferrocoke will be given between 3 anil 5 o'clock to-morrow afternoon at Luko's foundry by Mr. Itesketi, one o£ the inventors and perl'ectors of the process, which is ejaimed to be the chief secret. in converting T:\ranaki iron-sand into high-class pig-iron. The demonstration will, of course, be in miniature, but it is particularly interesting, and very well, worth witnessing. The whole two hold's will not be occupied with the one demonstration, but a number will be given during that time. Everyone who cares to go along will be welcome. A Hoot for comfort—Glace Kid, no toecap, 2!s.' lid., 2fis. tid. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners Streeh— Advt. W.F.C.A. calls public attention to the very exceptional nisrits of "No Kubbing Laundry Help," for washing nil clothes clean without rtd.bing or injury. Is. per package; ..KtO RU«r.\ntee.—Advt. The All-wcathsrr Tread GOODYEAR TYKE approaches more nearly than .most of its competitors, the ideal for comfortablo riding, and foci - almost entiro lack of puncture troubles hitherto too common. Motorists should rtniembor that first casts are not so important as long life and comfortable riding. TVrite or 'phone for particulars and price list to THE DOMINION MOTOR VEHICLES. LIMITED. 65 Courtenay Place, Wellington, Controlling A gouts for Wellington, Gisboi'no, Hawke's Bay. Marlborough, ajid Nelson.—Advt. /

Reference to the high rents now being :hargod for houses m the vicinity of training camps, and especially in the neighbourhood of Featherstou, was made in tne House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Wilford said lie had been asked to bring under the notice of the Minister of Defcnce the charges made by one Thomas M'lvor to people who wished to erect tents on his property or to rent cottages from him. He had a photograph, which he produced, of a littje unlined cottage, "just a shack" as he said, unlined, without any cooking appliances, for which 12s. 6d. a week was being charged. It was not worth 3s. a week. M'lvor was also charging 3s. a week for space in tho manuka on his land on which anybody wanted to erect a tent. Owing to the shortage of houses near t'eatherston it was possible to exact rents of X 2 2s. or J:2 10s. a week for houses not worth 10s. a week. He (Mr. Wilford) suggested that the Minister should take steps to stop, these exactions, ill-. Allen said he would be very pleased to make inquiries into tho matter. If the cottages were on Defence ground the Defence Department could control the charges for them just as it had controlled the charges for motor-cars. If the houses were on M'lvor's oivu land, then the question of regulating rents was rather one for the Government than for the Defence Department. Two questions by Mr. Payne, although he proposed to give - notice of \ them, brought very prompt replies in the House of Representatives yesterday. He asked the Minister of Defence whether it was a fact that 32 Germans were brought back in tho Willochra as undesirable;). "Sir," said the Defenee Minister, rising on the instant, "l don't know where the honourable member gets this sort of wild information, but I wish to say at once that there is not a particle of truth in it." Mr. Payne's other question had relation to Mr. F. If. B. Fisher. He ga\'e ttotico to ask whether Mr. Fisher was employed in the High Commissioner's office, and if so, what were his duties, and what was his salary. Mr. Massey: I may say he is not.